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Preschoolers will have the opportunity to attend kindergarten readiness workshops, which began on Sept. 28. These workshops allow Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) to work with early childhood agencies so that preschoolers may be on track for kindergarten in three areas of learning: social and emotional, cognitive and physical. According to Melissa Donough, Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) coordinator, some of the kindergarteners were not doing as well as they might...
“You only get to shine in front of your home people once a year,” Saratoga Cross Country Head Coach Rex Hohnholt said. At the Saratoga Cross Country Invitational on Friday, the runners had some of their best times. Notably, Jeremy Detterer finished in second place on the course set up at the Saratoga Golf Course. He finished with a time of 18 minutes, 3 seconds with no one in sight behind him. According to Hohnholt, “Jeremy ran as good as race as he ever had.” The rest of the varsity boys ru...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers (1-1, 7-6 overall) hosted the Encampment Lady Tigers (2-0, 11-1 overall) on Friday night, with the Tigers taking home the win (11-25, 12-25, 8-25). While both teams arrived energetic, the Lady Panthers lacked defense, according to Lady Panthers Head Coach Shayley Love. On the other hand, Lady Tigers Head Coach Robin O'Leary praised her team's offensive skills, saying they are on the right path for regional and state competitions upcoming. The rival teams have been...
By Madeline Weiss According to a fact sheet from the 2014 Prevention Needs Assessment, sophomores in Carbon County are exceeding state averages in substance abuse. Talking early and talking often is of the utmost importance in preventing drug, alcohol and tobacco use in teens, according to Sally Patton, Community Prevention Professional with Prevention Management Organization. Carol Mead, wife of Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, has made the "Talk Early and Often" campaign part of her first ladyship....
According to mayor Ed Glode, the police department has been more vigilant in enforcing traffic laws. “We’ve been having a lot more pulling over and citations recently.” Motioning to Bridge Avenue, Glode said when trucks—illegal on this street—are driving down at 40 miles per hour, things need to change. “It’s just a full transition from not doing much enforcing at all, to slowing everybody down,” Glode said. “We have been in a state of non-compliance in a pretty large fashion.” At the...
Landowners confronted with loss of riverbank area are able to work with groups like Wyoming Wildlife and Natural Resource Trust (WWNRT) and Trout Unlimited (TU) in order to save their land. Greg Ryan, owner of the Ryan Ranch, has lost about 200 feet of land since his banks showed serious signs of erosion in 2010. Jeff Streeter, North Platte River Water Project Manager with TU, has worked in conjunction with WWNRT, Wyoming Game and Fish, Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District and the...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) is overall average with regards to Wyoming’s state accountability system. According to superintendent Jim Copeland, this means the schools are performing at above or at expectations in about half the cases, which is approximately the state average. Encampment School met or exceeded expectations in all areas including grades, subjects and divisions. The cases of performing below expectations, Copeland said, will be mediated by looking at the s...
The Saratoga Community Garden members are eating their vegetables, Steve Deorio said before the Saratoga Town Council on Sept. 15. However, they have just begun their harvest, and Deorio said that the Community Garden Board has been discussing possible donations to the Platte Valley Food Bank. So far, the community garden has yielded 22 pounds of potatoes. The board is in the process of discussing different fundraisers to take place throughout the winter, Deorio said, and they will begin work on...
Sam Platts, formerly of Saratoga, will make a homecoming on Friday at the Saratoga Resort and Spa. Platts' band, Sam Platts and the Kootenai Three, are currently in the process of recording a new album which should be out in the next year. "We'll be playing some new stuff," Platts said of his concert. Born and raised in the Platte Valley, Platts has been all around the world now, stating that he spent time touring around China and Australia this spring. Now Platts lives in Pony, Mont. and works...
When the Saratoga Lady Panthers (1-0, 7-4 overall) leave a huddle on the court, they all shout "work together," before returning to their positions. They did exactly that last Thursday, defeating Burns in an exciting three set match at home (25-15, 25-18, 25-23). Saratoga Lady Panthers Head Coach Shayley Love was happy to see that when she reviewed her stats from the match, the netters had fairly even stats across the board. "We didn't have one person that stood out, but we stood out as a...
The Saratoga Cross Country team went to Fort Collins, Colo. for the John Martin Invitational over the weekend and overall saw some improvments from their times at the Liberty Bell invitational on Sept. 11. While Jeremy Detterer, the front runner for boys’ varsity over the past few weeks, did not have a score listed, Gage Bartlett took the lead running the 5k in 19 minutes, 18 seconds. Bartlett was second of the Saratoga boys runners last week with a time of 19:25. Aaron Kerbs, also usually o...
Saratoga/Carbon County Impact Joint Powers Board (water and sewer board) member Craig Kopasz “let the cat out of the bag” about tactics that could spur development in town as well as well as provide necessary revenue to self-fund projects. “The thought was to charge some kind of a utility service fee,” Kopasz said, which he would want to come out either as a payment to the water and sewer board or taxes. Kopasz said that the water and sewer board needs to charge on vacant properties for utility...
Since I just graduated college, I often have to explain what I’m up to. When I say I’ve decided to pursue a career as a writer, it’s common that someone asks me right away what my parents think. It’s safe to say that this is not a career for everyone. It can be unconventional, to say the least. Maintaining a successful career as a writer requires an awful lot of self discipline and internal motivation. Most successful, career writers—and by that, I mean people who make their living solely on...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers defeated Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM) at Friday's away match (25-17, 25-27, 24-26, 25-12, 15-11) . The Lady Panthers' overall record is 6-3. They will have their first shot at a conference team at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, when they play Burns. During their match against the Miners, the Lady Panthers showed energy and creativity that kept them motivated through the long, five-set match. The second and third sets, lost by Saratoga, were close with the Lady...
The Saratoga Panthers cross-country team showed some improvement at the huge Liberty Bell Invite in Littleton, Colo. this weekend, but illness held them back some, with "three fourths of the kids sick," head coach Rex Hohnholt said. "I thought the effort was there, but we just didn't have the legs and the breathing that we needed for it," Hohnholt said. "Usually our kids see a really significant improvement," Hohnholt said. "Some of them didn't get to see where they could have been if they were...
Mayor Ed Glode said the town of Saratoga has hired a new Director of Public Works. Jon Winters, of Douglas, has accepted the position and is scheduled to start work on Sept. 21 Glode said. The Saratoga Town Council was expected to ratify the hiring at Tuesday night’s meeting. Winter has experience with the permitting process, as he worked in the uranium mining industry, Glode said. Winters familiar with DEQ and the Army Corps of Engineers permitting processes. When asked about traffic c...
Graduate student Alex May at the University of Wyoming provided a presentation on his study of Snowy Range moose population and how it has been affected by the bark beetle kill this year. So far, results have shown that the Snowy Range moose have slightly higher body fat than those in Sublette County (6.7 percent as opposed to 6.1 percent). The study required the capture of 30 female moose, of which one was a yearling. They will be recaptured five times during the course of the study in order...
Shively Hardware will celebrate 90 years of business this year, and owner Mike Glode remembers its beginnings through family history. The east end of the building, Mike said, was the beginning of the store but it has since expanded to what we know now. The location on Bridge Avenue, according to Mike, was the first commercial building on this side of the river. The original general store in town, owned by J.W. Hugus, originally sat where the Snowy Mountain Brewery now sits. After the bridge was...
The 21st annual Copper Days Festival returns to Encampment on Saturday and Sunday. The tractors, which the event is focused on, will parade through Encampment on Saturday morning at 10 a.m. Tractor pull events will be held Saturday and Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Encampment/Riverside Lions Club Arena. "Tractors have been collected for decades by those who reminisce about simpler times when hard work was rewarded with an afternoon of friendly one-ups-man-ship," said the Saratoga/Platte Valley...
The Saratoga Police Department was confronted by Gary Widemshek at the Sept. 1 Saratoga Town Council meeting regarding commercial truck traffic, specifically across the Bridge Avenue bridge. Widemshek said he “just wanted the issue fixed,” noting that he had been in contact with police chief Tom Knickerbocker for the past 14-15 months. Councilperson Judy Welton said that signage is better in town, though the issue of truck traffic needs to be further addressed. Councilperson Richard Raymer sug...
The success of the lobbying efforts made to change the funding model for the new landfill transfer station have not been revealed yet, according to Upper Platte River Solid Waste Disposal District (landfill board) Chairperson Randy Raymer. The current model of funding only allows for 75 percent maximum grant and loan, with the landfill board needing to come up with the remaining portion on their own. The cash portion the landfill board is responsible for is estimated at $325,000 for the...
"I love working with people. I love being able to help them and solve their problems mail-wise," Encampment Postmaster DeeDee Macey said of her job. Encampment's new postmaster has been a postmaster since 1986, but she has worked with the U.S. Postal Service almost 37 years. Macey noted that she hopes to bring continuity to the Encampment post office. Macey started out as a mail carrier and then moved inside to be a clerk. She has been postmaster in four locations, including Medicine Bow,...
The Saratoga Lady Panthers suffered a loss to Lingle-Fort Laramie on Friday (25-15, 10-25, 20-25, 18-25). With their loss to the Encampment Thursday, this brings their overall record to 5-3. They have not played a conference game yet. Assistant coach Amy Johnston said that while they won the first set, the team suffered in the second set. However, Johnston continued, that the Lady Panthers played hard during the final two sets, making for close matches. “They really played together really w...
The Saratoga Panthers cross-country team showed some improvements at the Rawlins Invitational. Head coach Rex Hohnholt reported that about 75 percent of athletes had faster times than last week. According to Hohnholt, Jeremy Detterer (10th place, 19 minutes and 15 seconds) showed a significant improvement. He was able to close the gap that Hohnholt saw in the high school varsity boys. "Not only did he improve a lot place-wise, but he improved a lot time-wise, so that was really encouraging,"...
Savannah Suttee, of Encampment, was named princess-in-waiting for the 2015 Carbon County Fair. In addition to this title, she showed animals at the fair and competed in barrel racing. Suttee, 10, won barrel racing and pole bending, she said. "It's taken everybody on the queen committee two years to get it," Suttee said of last year's attempt. Suttee said she enjoys everything she does at fair and hopes to compete for titles like this in the future. "I showed two sheep this year, and two of my sh...